Prosecutors alleged, and a jury believed after more than three hours of deliberation, that Mitchell was the mastermind of the plot to rob Taylor’s home. Judge Dennis Murphy sentenced Mitchell to life in prison, the mandatory term for first-degree murder.

Eric Rivera, the alleged shooter, previously was convicted of second-degree murder. While a jury was unable to determine unanimously that Rivera pulled the trigger, Rivera will spend nearly 60 years in prison.

Sean was given this inexplicably awesome gift, the chance to live out his dream of playing in the NFL and providing for his loved ones, and these lowlife bastards felt the need to take all that away from him…all so they can steal some loot. It’s one thing for them to conspire to take Taylor’s things…but why did they have to take his life on top of it all?

So many lives ruined over such a stupid decision. As time goes on it’s only going to be harder for criminals to get away with those stupid decisions. If you even intend to do the crime, then your odds of getting caught are going up every single day.

He’s likely spent the last 7 years regretting that robbery, now he gets to spend the rest of his life regretting it while he sits in a cell. That’s what you get, idiot. Enjoy the rest of your pathetic existence

Awesome! So these POS’s ended a man’s life and they get to live and we get to help pay for them to live while Sean is lost to us all. That’s what I call justice.

httr73 says:Jun 10, 2014 11:29 PM

FINALLY.

theworldbasicallysucks says:Jun 10, 2014 11:31 PM

So let me get this straight. These POS’s killed a man and they get 60 years/life in jail. Sean lost his life and the public gets to pay for these morons to live for years and that is justice? Doesn’t seem right to me.

This fool claims they thought Taylor wasn’t home at the time of the invasion. Then why were they carrying guns? Burglary and armed robbery are different things. Guys on the inside are just waiting for this idiot.
justice takes time.

Sean Taylor was an amazing talent and probably would’ve been a HOF safety if he could’ve finished his career without any major injuries or setbacks, and he was SO young. Also, he wasn’t killed while driving drunk or getting in a bar fight, etc. A man shouldn’t have to worry about getting gunned down in his own house. It feels like these scumbags got off too easy with just prison time.

Skins fan, Sean Taylor fan… The kid was incredible and I was devastated the day he was murdered. Can’t believe it’s been this long. Selfishly most of us fans were crushed for losing a favorite player this way…can’t imagine the humanizing effect of knowing him as a person. He had his issues as a kid but who doesn’t. He was on the up and up and the skins have been struggling to fill a safety void he would still be filling today, on the way to a HOF career, if not GOAT status. Search the “Legend of Sean” on YouTube. It’s a long 30 min piece but covers a great portion of his career. Filled me with memories, happiness, excitement, anger and sadness. They don’t make them like this anymore and not sure the NFL of today would allow him (or Lott for that matter). But dang the kid LOVED the game.

That was a hoax you knob. Charles Manson is not going to be released from prison.

BigAlHeBDMan says:Jun 11, 2014 10:33 AM

The main reason Sean Taylor was home that day is because he was recuperating from a football injury and couldn’t play that week. These low life bastardos decide they’re going to burglarize his home because they thought he would be on his job playing football. Why Why Why would anybody do something like this? There’s all kinds of scumbags in this world who refuse to get something by working honestly. Prison isn’t good enough for them.

It seems they got the right guy here and the appropriate punishment was doled out. But I’m pretty sure the right to a speedy trial is a right guaranteed by the Constitution. 7 years to wait for a trial is ridiculous! What if evidence had been presented that proved he couldn’t have done it…?

Regardless of the crime, no suspect should have to wait over 2/3 of a decade to plea their case and no victim should have to wait that long seek justice.

dwoofer says:Jun 11, 2014 12:53 PM

Once he is convicted, he is not the “alleged” mastermind. He is a convicted murderer.